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Nokia expects Microsoft deal to close in April, still awaits regulatory approval in Asia

In a press release issued Monday morning (8:00, CET +1) in Espoo, Finland, Nokia announced that it now expects its deal with Microsoft to transfer “substantially all of its Devices and Services business” to close in April 2014. That makes

Did Microsoft Scroogle itself? Some thoughts, and the company response to the Kibkala/Canouna leaks story

Earlier today, we wrote about the arrest yesterday of Alex Kibkala, a former Microsoft employee who apparently leaked not only Windows 8 pre-release information to blogger “Canouna” who ran WinUnleaked.TK and published numerous leaks of Windows 8 before the …

Receiving leaks from Microsoft? Don’t use Hotmail/Outlook.com!

The Seattle PI reported yesterday that a former Microsoft employee, Alex Kibkalo, was arrested for “theft of trade secrets”, stemming from his leaking pre-release Windows 8 information to a French blogger, known as Canouna, and concerned mainly with the theft …

Office for iPad set for March 27 introduction?

Microsoft has been sending out invitations to an event set for March 27th in San Francisco, with opening remarks to be delivered by new CEO Satya Nadella, and rumored by the likes of The Verge and All About Microsoft

OneNote, Surface, and Microsoft’s Brave New (free) world

It’s Monday morning and time for Microsoft to pound away once again at the news cycle. This time, the company made two major announcements, both of them well expected, but both interesting in their own rights. First, a set of …

Those million pre-ordered Nokia X’s in China don’t add up, sorry.

Earlier today Nokia “weibo’d” that the Nokia X had received over a million pre-orders for the first Android powered Nokia phone, and indeed it had, but that doesn’t mean that Nokia will sell anywhere near that many of the new …

Nokia – Microsoft deal to close within 20 days?

When Microsoft announced its intention to acquire Nokia’s phones businesses, it was slated to close “in the first quarter of 2014”, a deadline that is rapidly approaching. While regulatory approval has been granted in most major markets, a few …

Is Xbox Reader on the way?

We first caught notice of the Xbox “Music, Video, and Reading” team last October, and then again in a job posting this February, but since then, we’ve yet to see an Xbox branded (or any other) Reading product materialize. …

Office 365 Personal: Will you rent Office (with Skype and OneDrive) for yourself?

Microsoft is pushing its Office 365 subscription plan hard, making a number of advances for business that they announced at last week’s SharePoint conference, and continuing the trend with the announcement today of Office 365 Personal. A blog …

Skype for “Modern Windows” updated: Version 2.6 improves cross device syncing

A blog post on the Skype Garage and Updates blog announced today that “Skype for Modern Windows” has been updated, bringing cross device syncing:

With this update, if you have Skype running on multiple devices, your read chats and